Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) by Grant S — 13 Oct 2017

Set immediately before Episode 4, Jyn Erso is the daughter of Galen Erso, a senior scientist for The Empire. They have not seen each other in 15 years. Due to her father's position, Jyn is liberated from Empire imprisonment by the Rebel Alliance. Word has come to them that he is helping build a weapon that tilt the balance of power firmly in favour of The Empire - the Death Star. Reluctantly, Jyn is drawn into the struggle.

Pretty formulaic but reasonably interesting. Set up is pretty basic and plot feels implausible and contrived at times, plus the characters are not that engaging.

Character depth, engagement and soundness of plot are not what this movie is about. Action scenes, adventure and CGI are, and here it does pretty well. Quite exciting, with a momentum that keeps you watching. Does degenerate into fairly predictable fight scenes and plot development towards the end though.

Overall: okay, and on par with Episodes 4-6. Certainly better than Episodes 1-3, though this is an easy feat.